Mark 12:41-44 - A Poor Widow's Offering

Mark 12:41-44

41 And He sat down opposite the [temple] treasury, and began watching how the people were putting money into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in large sums. 42 A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a mite. 43 Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this poor widow put in [proportionally] more than all the contributors to the treasury. 44 For they all contributed from their surplus, but she, from her poverty, put in all she had, all she had to live on.”

Luke 21:1-4

1 Looking up, He saw the rich people putting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. 3 He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in [proportionally] more than all of them; 4 for they all put in gifts from their abundance; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”